Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), a top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and a prominent ally of President Donald Trump, has officially announced a challenge to sitting Sen. Kelly Loeffler… The poll of 734 registered voters in Georgia was conducted June 25 and June 26.The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 faxThe contents of this site are ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. In the most recent polling, conducted by Public Policy Polling, Collins earns 23% of the vote, while Loeffler nets 21%. Tags Doug Collins Kelly Loeffler Raphael Warnock Johnny Isakson Georgia View the discussion thread. No other candidate registered double-digit support in the survey.Loeffler has faced sharp criticism in the media and from Collins over stock trades she made amid the coronavirus outbreak, including shares in retail outlets and travel companies, in the days before major restrictions were placed on many businesses across the U.S. She has denied any wrongdoing.The Battleground Connect survey contacted 1,035 likely voters between March 31 and April 1. Other contenders, including former federal prosecutor Ed … Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) holds a significant lead over Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) in the race for her Senate seat, a new poll found.
The top Democrats are Raphael Warnock and Matt Lieberman. Collins has the highest favorability rating of the three candidates, though barely, according to Public Policy Polling.Thirty-four percent of respondents said they have a favorable opinion of Collins, while 35 percent said they had an unfavorable opinion and 32 percent said they weren’t sure.Loeffler registered a 29 percent favorable rating and a 43 percent unfavorable rating, while 28 percent said they weren’t sure what to think.Warnock garnered a 32 percent favorable rating and a 33 percent unfavorable rating, with 35 percent of respondents saying they weren’t sure of their opinion, putting him in roughly the same position as Collins.Support for Warnock increased substantially when respondents were informed of his background as the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the former pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr., that he is one of 11 children raised in a public housing project and that he is the first in his family to graduate from college.The poll found that 36 percent of respondents said they would vote for Warnock when informed of his background, while 23 percent said they would vote for Collins and 18 percent said they would vote for Loeffler.After being told of Warnock’s accomplishments, 44 percent of voters said they would back him in a head-to-head matchup against Collins, while 42 percent said they would support the GOP House member.When Warnock’s life story was included, 46 percent of respondents said they would vote for him over Loeffler, while 39 percent said they would support Senate Republican incumbent.
Poll after poll shows her trailing her Republican opposition, Rep. Doug Collins, while Democrats remain within the margin of error of the lead in virtually every poll. Collins leads the field with 34%, followed by Democrat Raphael Warnock (18%), Democrat Matt Lieberman (14%) and Loeffler (12%). A Battleground Connect survey, which was conducted internally for the Collins campaign and first reported Loeffler, with 13 percent support in the poll, currently trails both Collins and a Democratic opponent, pastor Raphael Warnock of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, who registered support from 16 percent of voters.Matt Lieberman, a Democrat and the son of former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), came in fourth place in the poll, sitting at 11 percent. The poll, commissioned by End Citizens United, found that Collins would garner 23 percent of the vote in the multicandidate field if the election were held today, while Loeffler would collect 21 percent.The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points, putting Collins, Loeffler and Warnock in a statistical dead heat.If no candidate manages to reach the 50 percent threshold during the November election, a runoff election between the top two finishers will be held in January.In head-to-head matchups, the survey found that Collins would beat Warnock 43 percent to 41 percent if the election were held today — a razor-thin lead within the survey’s margin of error. Warnock would beat Loeffler 43 percent to 40 percent, according to the survey, an advantage that is again just within the margin of error.
If Ms. Loeffler stays in the race, she may siphon off enough support from Mr. Collins to drive him into a Jan. 5 runoff.